Don't Be Lazy

"I'm not even sure if I believe the whole Jesus story anyway," she said with disdain.

"You're not sure?"

"No."

"Don't you think you should be sure, then?"

"No."

"No?"

"No. It doesn't really matter to me. It doesn't matter if it's right or not."

"It doesn't?"

"No. Because when you say that one group is right, then you inevitably have to label someone else as wrong. I don't want to label anyone as wrong."

"Even if they are?"

"I don't know if they are."

"Right. So don't you think you should look into it? Do some research?"

"No. No. I just don't care. It makes no difference to me."

Really?

No. Not really.

It does make a difference to you. Whether you notice it or not. Whether you think you care or not. Whether you want it to make a difference or not, it does. You have zero control over how much difference it makes to you. You can deny the importance of the question for now. You can call it irrelevant. You can call yourself tolerant because of it.

But the question is not irrelevant and you are not tolerant.

You are lazy.

But I love you. So, please -- don't be lazy. Be diligent. Knock and keep knocking. Seek and keep seeking. Ask and keep asking.

How you resolve the question matters. Actually, how you resolve the question is the only thing that ever matters in your whole life.